Auto Trader Group (AUTO) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Autotrader Group plc is the UK’s largest automotive marketplace and a leading digital platform for the automotive industry. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since March 2015, the company is a member of the FTSE 100 Index. Autotrader’s purpose is Driving Change Together. Responsibly. The company uses advanced data science, artificial intelligence and scalable technology to improve how vehicles are bought and sold, while building stronger partnerships with its customers and the wider automotive ecosystem. Autotrader’s platform leverages significant amounts of proprietary data and machine learning models to power pricing, demand forecasting and personalised consumer experiences. These capabilities enable retailers and manufacturers to make better decisions, improve performance and respond to real-time market dynamics. Autotrader is increasingly digitising the car buying journey, from search and discovery through to financing and purchase, enabling more of the buying journey to take place online. Alongside this, it is using its data and influence to support the transition to electric vehicles. This is all underpinned by a values-led culture that empowers its people to develop and perform, enabling continuous innovation across its platform and products. The company also publishes a monthly used car Retail Price Index, based on the analysis of approximately 800,000 vehicles each day from across the automotive retail market. This dataset provides one of the most comprehensive views of the UK automotive market and is used by organisations including the Bank of England and the Office for National Statistics to inform economic indicators and government policy. For more information, please visit https://plc.autotrader.co.uk/

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 499.62 to 506.40
• 50-Day Range: 427.20 to 520.80
• 52-Week Range: 418.60 to 844.40
• Volume: 4.93 million shs
• Average Volume: 42.04 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £4.03 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.69
• Dividend Yield: 2.36%
• Price Target: GBX 553.40
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Auto Trader Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Auto Trader Group scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Auto Trader Group has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Auto Trader Group has a consensus price target of GBX 553.40, representing about 10.9% upside from its current price of GBX 499.10.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Auto Trader Group has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Auto Trader Group is 14.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 46.42.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Auto Trader Group is 14.65, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 15.19.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Auto Trader Group has a PEG Ratio of 3.99. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Auto Trader Group has a P/B Ratio of 8.24. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for AUTO.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Auto Trader Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.36%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Auto Trader Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Auto Trader Group is 31.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.84

News Sentiment

Auto Trader Group has a news sentiment score of 1.84. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Auto Trader Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for AUTO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

8 insiders have purchased shares of Auto Trader Group in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £319,184.59 in company stock, which represents 0.0079% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Auto Trader Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £319,184.59 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.42% of the stock of Auto Trader Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

72.18% of the stock of Auto Trader Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/21/2026
• Today: 6/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Internet Content & Information
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:AUTO
• CIK: N/A
• Web: about-us.autotrader.co.uk
• Phone: +44-161-6699888
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,066
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Auto Trader Group: GBX 553.40
• High Price Target: GBX 816
• Low Price Target: GBX 445
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.6%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 34.07
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.69
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.26
• P/E Growth: 3.99
• Net Income: £248.87 million
• Net Margins: 47.08%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 60.53%
• Return on Assets: 33.79%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 50.60
• Current Ratio: 1.73
• Quick Ratio: 1.50

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £624.30 million
• Price / Sales: 6.46
• Cash Flow: GBX 1.70 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 294.95
• Book Value: GBX 60.59 per share
• Price / Book: 8.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 805,461,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £4.03 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.67